Do you believe MAGA racism was the primary motive for firing Lisa Cook?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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	Yes
	69 (91%)
	No
	7 (9%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Walleye]

1. Oh yes, being a black woman is sufficient caused to be fired in this administration

So racism and also misogyny, powerful combination for Trump.

[Omnipresent]

3. It's hard to tell.

Trump seems to be going after everyone, Jerome powell is white and he would like to fire him as well.

[Walleye]

4. Yes, but it seems to me he is much more vicious against black women than anybody else. They make him feel inadequate.

I think all women make him feel inadequate. Smart and strong men also make him feel inadequate. Jerome Powell is an untouchable and he feels inadequate next to that.

[Solomon]

15. "It's hard to tell"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. It should be obvious that TACO Don does NOT want African Americans in prominent positions in Government.

Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Byron Donalds have been basically quiet as they are the only 2 African-Americans in Congress. You do not see them standing up for their comrades.

Has anyone wondered why the Sec. of HUD is not in the room doing the Pressers in the Oval Office?

It should be obvious that TACO sees African Americans as less than a human being.

[surfered]

5. There is an undeniable pattern.

[Turbineguy]

6. It's for control of the Fed

He can always appoint one of "My Blacks" to take Lisa Cook's place.

[EndlessWire]

13. It's for the money and control of the Fed

He hasn't been able to run off Jerome Powell, so he found someone to fire under pretext. He's trying to control the central bank, and the money, for his own benefit. This is about power.

[crazylikafox]

14. Exactly right

[krawhitham]

7. It's a factor, but maga seems to hate all women no matter their color

[Ars Longa]

8. I predict it would be a White Male sycophant...Although, I hope Gov. Cook can

hang in there!

[EdmondDantes_]

9. I voted no because while I think it wasn't the primary motivation

He's been after Powell too. But apparently Cook played loose with the mortgage rules giving Trump an opening that apparently Powell hasn't. Doesn't mean it's not wrong, but it also doesn't mean Cook should have gotten the reduced interest rate while using the house as an Airbnb investment (if that's what she did).

But because of the specific wording of the question, I had to vote no. I think it was just a coincidence that she's a black woman in Trump's primary goal. Of course he's not smart enough to realize that getting interest rates artificially low won't do what he wants, but he's not very smart

[Torchlight]

10. With this admin, I presume racism/bigotry in all things until proven otherwise

I may be proven wrong on this one day... but I certainly won't count on it.

[Quiet Em]

11. Yes.

He's also attempting to go after AG James, another Black woman, on the same bogus charges. The con artist has a problem with Black women in positions of power.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. "Primary"? No. He wants to fire someone from the Fed to replace them with a crony who'll vote as he says

Having made that decision, he'll have seen a Black woman and thought "well, she obviously needs to go first - someone find an excuse, or make one up".

[Hekate]

16. Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik says he can believe 6 impossible things before breakfast...

…(referring to the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland) but he cannot believe the spate of firings and accusations of “mortgage fraud” are any kind of coincidence. He says it appears to be a smear in all these current cases — an allegation without basis, evidence, or formal charges.

Trump is going after anyone who has ever opposed him, but some get special attention — i.e. black women mayors and black women appointed office holders. It is very largely race-based — and misogynistic.

But don’t imagine anyone else at all is safe: Senator Adam Schiff is also being accused of mortgage fraud on a dwelling he paid off in full long ago.

[UnderThisLaw]

17. I picked no

because it’s the only reason

[karynnj]

18. I think the primary reason is he wants control and she is unlikely to vote as he asks

He does have a very clear record of enjoying attacking brilliant professional women of color which might have made her the first one attacked.